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There are 69 chocolate chip cookies. How many cookies are in the batch?\u003Cbr>12) 90% of the campers went hiking. 135 campers went hiking. How many campers were at the camp?\u003Cbr>13) 10% of the fans at a game wore team jerseys. 33 fans wore jerseys. How many fans were at the game?\u003Cbr>14) 90% of the students turned in their homework. 198 students turned it in. How many students are in the class?\u003Cbr>15) 75% of Tom's trading cards are baseball cards. He has 42 baseball cards. 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How many seats are on the bus? |  |  |  | 2.  35  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | 30% of the movies in a collection are comedies. There are 45 comedies. How many movies are in the collection? |  |  |  | 3.  150  4. 70 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | 60% of the plants in a garden are flowers. There are 42 flowers. How many plants are in the garden? |  |  |  | 5.  390  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | 10% of the marbles in a jar are blue. There are 39 blue marbles. How many marbles are in the jar? |  |  |  | 6.  100  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A pitcher threw 72% of his pitches for strikes. He threw 72 strikes. How many pitches did he throw in all? |  |  |  | 7.  110  8. 30 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | 40% of the seats on a bus were filled. 44 seats were filled. How many seats are on the bus? |  |  |  | 9.  120  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | 20% of the apples in an orchard were ripe. 6 apples were ripe. 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